NACDL, Innocence, Heroes

I just returned from the NACDL Annual Meeting & Seminar in Portland, Oregon. I met a lot of wonderful attorneys, heard some great presentations, and had an all-around good time. The highlight was Barry Scheck's presentation on Friday. He had an amazing week last week--securing the release of two innocent men. And for anyone who thinks that Barry just does this for publicity or fame, well, they have never seen him get extremely choked up--even having to take a couple minutes to avoid crying--as he talked about the undying determination of his client's family to prove his innocence. Barry Scheck is definitely one of my heroes, and someone who has answered the call inherent in Martin Luther King's quotation that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."